You could be forgiven for thinking that Bruce Davidson had perhaps finally settled into a comfy chair to enjoy watching his son, Buck carry the torch in those famous red and yellow colours; after all

This week’s ears photo was sent to us by Lindsay Berreth, of a trail ride benefit held at Morven Park in Virginia, that she and her mom participated in. Thanks to Lindsay for submitting such

Name: Britney Hensman Age: 23 Location: Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada. Relationship to Eventing : Novice Rider, hoping to upgrade to Training this year! Favorite Eventing moment/story?: I never really thrived to go far in eventing until

This week’s ears photo is coming to us from beautiful Virginia, specifically from Jacqueline Mars’ High Acre Farm. Nate Chambers keeps his horse Rolling Stone with the O’Connors and sent us this picture taken from

Name: Erin Age: 30 Location: Northern CA Relationship to Eventing: Crossover from Hunter/Jumper Land.  Starting my first season this year at BN. I put in a lot of time helping out as a jump-judge in

Photo with kind permission by Nico Morgan for E.S. Photography  Ian Stark has long been something of a living legend in the eventing world, with his “grey boys”, Glenburnie and of course the inimitable Murphy Himself,

Name: Katie Bornholdt-Peery Age: 26 Location: Portland, Oregon Relationship to Eventing Preliminary rider, trainer, coach and for my main profession I market horses off the track in the Pacific Northwest into new careers and the majority

Laura Collett is certainly not one to rest on her laurels; fresh off an impressive top ten finish at her first Badminton, ( 8th – and the one pole down in the show-jumping still irks

This weekend will mark a month since Port Authority, fondly known as Ollie, arrived back in Virginia from England, where he contested Badminton with his rider, Steph Rhodes-Bosch. After a fantastic campaign last year –

Your Name: Maggie Deatrick Age: 24 Location: Denton, TX Relationship to Eventing: Intermediate Rider Favorite Eventing moment/story?: In Fall 2008, I crossed the finish line at Waredaca with tears in my eyes and a huge grin

Name: Erin Age: 30 (ugh!) Location: New Jersey, but moving to MD in June!! Relationship to Eventing:  Up until recently, I was an adult amateur rider at the lower levels with dreams of becoming a

Callie Judy is a up and coming young rider from an area not so well known in the eventing world; Area IV.  Originally from Columbia, Missouri, today she divides her time between Florida, Missouri, and

Jim Koford caught the eye of many last year when he received the $25,000 Anne L. Barlow Ramsay Annual Grant from The Dressage Foundation to train in Europe. On his return he duly won the finale

Name: Cyrena Age: 28 Location: Brighton, Colorado, USA Relationship to Eventing: novice eventer with my OTTB Red Avenue Favorite eventing moment/story: I think my favorite eventing moment has been when my horse Red completed his

As John is on the road for New Jersey, this week’s ears photo comes to us from our friends at True Prospect Farm. It’s always nice to get a variety of submissions, from a variety

Photocredit: Connecticut Photo Your Name – Suzanne Adams Age – 50 Location – Area 1 – Massachusetts Relationship to Eventing – Novice Rider, Groom, Owner, Volunteer, Adult Rider Favorite Eventing Moment Story – Long ago (June

I wanted to interview James for a couple of reasons; I’d spoken to the three other Brits competing at Rolex, and certainly didn’t want to leave one out, and until this week he was something

I spoke to James at some length before the show-jumping on Sunday, and hope to have that interview up later today.  In the meantime I did manage to catch a few words with his whole

Your Name: Holly Breaux, DVM  Age: 32 Location: Loganville, Georgia Relationship to Eventing: amateur rider Favorite Eventing moment/story?: It just might have to be FENCE weekend… What a beautiful place with wonderful management, volunteers, etc.

As much as I love what I do–watching and writing about some of the best horses and riders in the world, and their connections–I have to admit to still being a little starstruck around Lucinda

Izzy Taylor has been quietly producing some top class horses and impressive results since bringing home a team silver and individual bronze medal from Young Riders in 2004.  I was delighted to catch up with

  Nicky and Flyin’ Bayou. Photo Credit: Hoofclix For my second Area Spotlight installment, Area III gets the full EN treatment. This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Nicky Buckingham, a UK transplant who

Chris Burton, Megan Jones and Clarke Johnstone share the podium at the 2010 HSBC Sydney Eventing World Cup photo thanks to www.furdography.com.au There are bonds that have developed in times of war and of sacrifice